"EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu", The Guardian, 20 July 2025

The EU justice commissioner has expressed shock at the toxicity and dangers of some goods being sold by Shein and Temu [...].

Among the worst examples [...] were baby soothers with beads that fall off easily, which pose a choking hazard [...].

Among other goods [...] include children’s raincoats with toxic chemicals, sunglasses with no UV filter and kids’ shorts with drawstrings longer than regulation length, which cause a trip hazard.

They also found cosmetics containing butylphenyl methylpropional [...] which is listed as a chemical of “very high concern” by the EU and has been banned since 2022 [...].